Iain Strachan wrote:
The extra 's' on the end of "email" was an oversight. My apologies.
I'll take care to re-read my posts six times before hitting the send
button, as indeed should the scientists at the CRU just in case some
criminals stole their private comments that weren't meant for general
consumption.
I think it was the Iran Contra gun running fiasco that convinced me
that one should not assume any privacy in corporate emails as email was
one of the things that tripped them up as I recall, Even before that it
was pretty obvious that courts could subpoena any records including
emails for various kinds of reasons. Even within the company security
officers could access email with authorization from management. Some
of the systems support people also could read email although if
they got caught doing so without authorization they tended to get
terminated immediately. Sure sometimes I goofed and in a moment of
anger said things I should not have.
I'm frankly not sure that when you use a corporate email system their
should be any essentially private comments, sure one should assume
corporate security to a limited extent.
Writing what the CRU boffins did seems pretty flat out stupid and
incompetitent, thus maybe they should be looking for work more in
keeping with their abilities.
Dave W
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Received on Wed Nov 25 23:37:30 2009